At the end of the meeting, the bureaucrats who had not eaten lunch were already hungry and dispersed one after another.

Wang Dao, who made a good suggestion and was adopted, went straight into the sedan chair, the humility on his face disappeared in an instant, he snorted coldly, and complained in a low voice:

"It's all a rat-eyed wine bag and rice bag, useless except greed, selfishness, and wild talk! When did the door valve of the Southeast Family have a high vision? Asking them to develop a movable type printing machine is no different from playing the harp to a cow? Hmph......"

Zheng Sanjun invited his old friend Zhai Fengchong to stay for lunch alone, and finally said his true plan: "Erten, can you let your good men go quietly and get the movable type printing machine in the printing workshop of Zizhuyuan West Cross Courtyard to Taicang?" ”

Zhai Fengchong was very embarrassed: "Xia Guan has thought about this problem repeatedly, and he has also found out that two advanced machines are placed in the west cross courtyard of Zizhu Garden, but Zizhu Garden has many guards, most of them are retired masters of various armies under the command of Wei Guogong and Marquis Longping, the west cross courtyard has been strengthened and expanded, the wall is high and the courtyard is deep, and the security is tight, if you want to sneak in, it is very difficult, in case of failure, there will be endless troubles!" ”

"The only way is for you and me to suggest to the old man Wang of Taicang that we find someone to carry a lot of money and bribe a certain editor or clerk under Ruan Dayue, so that he can draw the machine drawings as they are, indicate the texture and materials used in the machine, and then send them back to a large printing workshop in Taicang or Suzhou and Hangzhou, and gather highly skilled craftsmen in the industry to imitate them, so it is more prudent to act."

Zheng Sanjun nodded: "Brother Fool has also thought about this plan repeatedly, and he is always worried that it will take too long, but now it seems that it can only be like this!" ”

"The first time I saw this "Jiangnan Times", the foolish brother immediately had a premonition that something was wrong, and his potential intentions were as insidious and ruthless as a soft knife that kills people without seeing blood!"

"I wanted to seize the handle of its Chinese characters and quickly seize it against public opinion. Eliminate its potential crisis before it happens, but the scum Ruan Dayue is extremely cunning, all the articles are impartial, on the facts, in the rhetoric, and on the people's livelihood......"

"It can be seen from this. Ruan Dayue and the forces behind him have been plotting for a long time, and they can be described as scheming and well-intentioned! ”

Zhai Fengchong thought so, emphasized the importance of public opinion control, and once again reminded Zheng Sanjun to be as cautious as possible: "The lower officials think that Zhu Daolin has received the full support of the nobles of Jinling and the three eunuchs of the north and south, and he has become a wing, has strong financial resources, and is ruthless in killing. We should change our strategy to minimize head-on conflicts, at least until the crisis is over. ”

"We just need to control the officialdom, unite the heads of various ministries and patrol the imperial history to repeatedly report the disaster to the imperial court, even if the prefectures and counties close the city gates and stay out of the matter, the shy and powerless emperor can only cry out in vain. Wait until the disaster is alleviated and the crisis is resolved. We will join forces with the brothers in the capital to make a challenge, in order to supplement the border defense to resist the righteousness of the Manchu Dynasty, transfer the troops in the hands of the Jinling nobles, and break up the union between the nobles and the eunuchs, as long as these two things are done well, how long can a mere Taoist priest be arrogant? ”

"Jieshi also transferred this wild Taoist priest to Liaodong. Save our hands dirty, as for the huge industry behind him, hehe! On this issue, the younger brother has a slight disagreement with the elder brother, and the younger brother wants his workshop dock to be built as much as possible. The faster the construction speed, the better, and the larger the construction scale, the better! Ha ha! ”

Zheng Sanjun comprehended, and then said with his eyebrows fluttering: "In this case, let Wang Dao go straight to the main courtyard of Hushan tomorrow, support Zhu Daolin and Ziyangguan's righteous deeds, and allocate two pieces of wilderness to him free of charge, but require him to take on the heavy responsibility of properly relocating 500,000 disaster victims, and then send the imperial history to closely watch the process of resettlement of the disaster victims, to see how he implements the work for relief, and if there is a slight difference, he will immediately go to the court to impeach him." ”

"Once or twice, the emperor may not care, and one or two impeachments may not reach the heavens, but once and again impeached, groups of officials continue to report, will our young emperor still be indifferent?"

"Brother Takami!"

Zhai Fengchong gave a thumbs up and admired it sincerely.

Zheng Sanjun laughed, picked up the wine glass and said a meaningful sentence: "Please take the cup and drink this cup together, the wine in the cup is the wine carefully brewed by Ziyangguan, haha!" ”

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Zhu Daolin, a party cadre in Jinling Donglin, was holding a meeting at the Nanda Camp at the foot of the Lion Rock to solicit the opinions of all instructors on the formation of the two demonstration battalions.

According to the requirements of the training syllabus, after the completion of the two-month military basic training, the recruits will be transferred from the first stage of hand-to-hand training to the second stage of ordnance training, and then they only need to directly issue ordnance to carry out training, and it seems that there is no need to form two demonstration battalions.

Deputy Chief Instructor Lu Qisheng raised his hand and asked to speak, and after obtaining Zhu Daolin's permission, he stood up and asked loudly: "Why is the general only equipped with two demonstration battalions, instead of requiring the whole army to be equipped according to the training syllabus?" Is it because the guns promised by the general have not yet arrived, or is the general not believing us? ”

Zhu Daolin calmly motioned for Lu Qisheng to sit down, and asked the instructors who needed to speak? Seeing that no one raised his hand, Zhu Daolin nodded and explained the reason:

"First of all, I would like to emphasize that even if the training is over for half a year and all the officers and soldiers are divided into two, we are all brothers of the same origin, and there is no question of who we look down on!"

"Secondly, most of the outstanding officers here are temporarily seconded from friendly forces, and after half a year of training, you need to return to your respective guards, even if you directly serve as officers at all levels of the new army, you must be personally promoted and appointed by the Marquis ......of Longping."

"I am only the temporary commander-in-chief of the new army, responsible for the overall training and the supply of equipment for the whole army, the only difference is that I am in a different position, and I only have the right to guide military training for you, and I do not have the right to promote and appoint you."

"You should be very clear about this, and I believe that you also trust me as much as Long Pinghou, and I will repay you with practical actions."

The instructors' nervous mood immediately calmed down, most of them nodded frequently, and many of them secretly considered how they should choose.

Zhu Daolin continued: "Third, long before the departure of the Franco fleet, the equipment of the whole army had been transported to the military warehouse of the Shangyuan Institute, and it was not taken out for use because I did not want to distract you and the recruits. ”

"The reason why a demonstration battalion of musketeers and an artillery demonstration battalion was formed first was because the operation of firearms was different from ordinary knives and guns, and most of the recruits had never seen muskets and artillery, even if I sent guns to each soldier, everyone should know how to use them!"

"What's more, the flintlock pistols and artillery we are about to equip are far more powerful than the musket guns that the Franc Robot Man has, do you think you can operate them accurately without demonstration?"

Deputy Chief Instructor Lu Qisheng lowered his head in embarrassment, and the instructors also understood, not only did they not doubt Zhu Daolin's arrangement, but thought it was a prudent and prudent move.

Zhu Daolin had already eliminated Lu Qisheng, who was originally optimistic, and several other selfish instructors in his heart, but his face was still calm:

"Finally, we have enough muskets and artillery to equip 10,000 new troops, but we don't have enough ammunition, and although the gunpowder factory in Gushan Tiecheng has been completed, 800 craftsmen are still learning new gunpowder manufacturing techniques, and it will take two months to produce gunpowder on a large scale."

"Within three months, we can only carry out basic operation training of musket artillery, and cannot carry out live-fire training, which is why we must take the lead in forming two demonstration battalions, I hope you will understand that my approach does not conflict with the training syllabus!"

"Which of you has something to ask...... Now that everyone understands, let's do it. ”

"Yes!"

Chief instructor Li Yiliang took the lead in standing up and leading the order loudly.

All the instructors stood up and saluted Zhu Daolin, and the artillery instructors Wu Jicheng and Jiang Yulong, who had received Zhu Daolin's private instructions, were very excited, and the two battalions that were about to be selected from the whole army would be led by them respectively, and naturally they would become the main force of Zhu Daolin's lineage that was highly valued.

The artillery instructor group and the musketeer instructor group, which are training together with the instructors of the Franc machine on the Shangyuan warship, will enter the two demonstration battalions as instructors after 10 days, and will directly belong to Zhu Daolin, and once the training of the new army is completed, they will be promoted to battalion commanders and captains of each battalion. (To be continued......)